Author Archives: Linette

About Linette

I am an elementary educator with the North Vancouver School District #44 and have been teaching for 26 years. I am enrolled in the Teacher-Librarian diploma program at UBC. I am inspired by the changes to the library setting to what is now known as the Library Learning Commons. I love to incorporate mulit-modal ways of teaching and learning for my students.

Inquiry Blog #4 – Increasing access to libraries in Developing Nations – Mobile Devices and beyond…

“…People read more when they read on mobile devices, that they enjoy reading more, and that people commonly read books and stories to children from mobile devices… mobile reading represents a promising, if still underutilized pathway to text.”  (Victoria Okojie, … Continue reading

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Inquiry Post-Blog #3: Empowering Professionals – Using Curiosity and Wisdom in Meeting the ICT Needs of the School Community

I have been doing a lot of thinking about the concept of leadership and its connection to the topic at hand, that being, meeting the ICT needs of the school community.  While researching, I went to my “strength and stays”:  … Continue reading

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Inquiry Project–Blog 2: The Empowered Professional: Developing a PLN, delving into professional development, & the tools/resources that connect them.

(Bing, 2023). I always knew, intrinsically at least, that once I crossed the graduation platform after obtaining my teaching degree, that I accepted the philosophy of life-long learning.  What that learning looked like in my mind in 1997 was completely … Continue reading

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Post #1 – Fostering Reading Cultures in Schools – An Evolving Process

What is a “reading culture, and what does, or should it look like for the 21st century school?” This is a concept that I have been pondering over the last few days.  Being a classroom teacher for the last 26 … Continue reading

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Assignment #2 – Reading Review Part B: Literature Research and Data Collection

In last week’s blog post, I discussed how I was inspired by the 21st century ideal of the School Library Learning Commons, and the multitude of possibilities and opportunities for gathering, learning, and exploring that is provided to all community … Continue reading

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Assignment #1: Reading Review – Part A: Interest Identification and Key Word Generator – Transitioning to a School Library Learning Commons

I have been inspired by the innovative and dynamic transformation of libraries into Library Learning Commons over the past number of years.  I currently work in a school district where all our secondary schools have transitioned from libraries to School … Continue reading

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